The First Bevan Boys At Chislet Colliery

The Bevin Boys were young, British men conscripted to work in the coal mines of Britain between 1943 and 1948. They were employed to increase the rate of coal production, which had declined through the early years of the World War II. Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH . 01924 848 806 . email160protected . Opening times

Title reads quotBevin Boysquot.Chislet Colliery, nr. Canterbury, Kent.MS of coal miners leaving pit. We see the miners handing in helmet lights at end of shift.

In 1924, Chislet Colliery Housing Limited was established, to build a village, later named Hersden, of 300 houses close to the colliery. Pit head baths, the first in Kent, were also opened in that year. Chislet Colliery had an important role during the Second World War as a training pit for what became known as the quotBevin Boysquot.

Aspects of period of training as Bevin Boy at Chislet Colliery, Chislet, 101944-111944 reaction to call-up for mining work, 91944 historical background to Bevin Boy scheme start of training at Chislet Colliery, 101944 character of training course. Recollections of period as Bevin Boy at Snowdown Colliery, Snowdown, GB, 121944-121946

The Bevin Boys scheme was introduced in 1942 by the then Minister for Labour and National Service, Ernest Bevin. The scheme ran between 1942 and 1948 and involved recruiting men to work in coal mines during and immediately following World War 2.

Being a Bevin Boy in Cwm Colliery by Mel Harris. I had done many jobs since Ernest Bevin forced me into the coalmine rather than the RAF. I had worked with a repairer and a haulier, with a shot firer, as a rider with journeys of drams always reluctant, uninterested and rebellious.

Bevin Boys arrive at Chislet Colliery near Canterbury in Kent, having been conscripted to train as coal miners, 15th January 1944. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

Bevin Boys receiving training from an experienced miner at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, February 1945. Bevin Boys were young British men conscripted to work in coal mines between December 1943 and March 1948, 1 to increase the rate of coal production, which had declined through the early years of World War II. 2 The programme was named after Ernest Bevin, the Labour Party politician who was

Chislet Colliery In 1911 The Anglo Westphalian Coal Syndicates Ltd decided to explore the possibility of workable coal seams in the Canterbury area ,after the sinking of bore holes in the area they put forward plans to sink two shafts on land at Chislet Park with the possibility of opening up The Sarre Pen to take the coal away by sea at Reculver.

A group of Bevin Boys - young men conscripted to work in British coal mines during World War II, set off on a cross-country run in full pit-gear during a fitness exercise at Chisley Colliery in